Title :
Evaluation of Anisotropic Energy and
-Factor of Fe(001) and Fe-Co(001) Single-Crystal Thin Films Using Broadband Ferromagnetic Resonance
Author :
Kawai, Tetsuroh ; Takeda, Shigeru ; Ohtake, Mitsuru ; Futamoto, Masaaki
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Eng., Chuo Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A broadband inductive technique has been applied to measure static magnetic field dependence of resonant frequency for Fe(001) and Fe-Co(001) single-crystal thin films. Different dependences of resonant frequency are observed depending on the static magnetic field application direction between [100] and [110]. The phenomenon is analyzed using the Kittel´s resonance formula. The calculated values obtained by using three fitting parameters of saturation magnetization, Ms, anisotropic energy, K1, and g-factor show good agreements with the experiments for both crystal orientations of [100](easy axis) and [110](hard axis) for Fe(001) single-crystal thin film. The three fitting values are close to those of bulk single-crystal Fe. There is a discrepancy between experiment and calculation for the hard axis, [100], of Fe-Co single-crystal film. It is considered that magnetoelastic energy originating from large positive magnetostriction has some effect on the phenomenon observed for Fe-Co(001) thin films when measured along the hard magnetization axis.
Keywords :
cobalt alloys; crystal orientation; ferromagnetic materials; ferromagnetic resonance; g-factor; iron; iron alloys; magnetic anisotropy; magnetic field effects; magnetic thin films; magnetoelastic effects; magnetostriction; metallic thin films; Fe; Fe(001) single-crystal thin films; Fe-Co(001) single-crystal thin films; FeCo; Kittel resonance; anisotropic energy; broadband ferromagnetic resonance; broadband inductive method; crystal orientations; g-Factor; hard magnetization axis; large positive magnetostriction; magnetoelastic energy; resonant frequency; saturation magnetization; static magnetic field; three-fitting parameters; Iron; Magnetic recording; Magnetic resonance; Magnetostriction; Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy; Broadband ferromagnetic resonance; magnetoelastic energy; magnetostriction; single-crystal thin film;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2012.2200292